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GOD DAMNIT NOT AGAIN! I really do hope that they progress on the path they started instead of just acquiring mailbox for the talent. I know they said that they

GOD DAMNIT NOT AGAIN! I really do hope that they progress on the path they started instead of just acquiring mailbox for the talent. I know they said that they would but thats what we heard about Sparrow when they were bought by Google and the results sucked. Good luck to everyone on the mailbox team, I love your product, please don't kill it.

smalter 14y ago
No, they were pretty up front that Sparrow was a talent acquisition. They said that the product would continue to exist but they weren't going to update it and they were going to work on new projects at Google.
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- lttlrck 14y ago
  Talent acquired and squandered. Google has no decent mail app on iOS.
  - myko 14y ago
    Pretty subjective. I find Gmail the most pleasant mail app to use on my iPad.
    - encoderer 14y ago
      Agreed. I dumped the native mail client.
    - larrywright 14y ago
      I like it, but its treatment of multiple mail accounts is crappy compared to sparrow (no unified inbox).
    - resu_nimda 14y ago
      The Gmail app is slick, but extremely slow for me (on iPhone 5), as in "it's really annoying every time I use this app but I've moved away from native Mail and inertia is a hell of a thing." Other people I've talked to have had similar experiences. I'm excited to try Mailbox.
      - meerita 14y ago
        No unified inbox, etc.
    - hnriot 14y ago
      you can't be serious, it's the beginnings of something good, but it has all kinds of problems, it fails to load email often (reporting "something has gone wrong.."), it routinely doesn't clear the red read indicator, it's laggy and sluggish. I am sure Google will make it kickass in the fullness of time, but for now, that's not what gmail/iOS is.
      - bmle 14y ago
        Unread indicator is always wrong, especially when you use multiple devices. Seems very I characteristic of google. It's been that way since they released the app.
  - kmfrk 14y ago
    Sparrow mentions should come with a trigger warning. Money straight out the window. Ungh.
    - notatoad 14y ago
      I'm still using Sparrow on my mac. It works great.
    - yesimahuman 14y ago
      What was it, like $10? It still works to this day. Not a bad deal in my book even if they never update it again. It generally "just works."
  - lotso 14y ago
    The latest Gmail app is pretty nice.
jamiequint 14y ago
Did you not RTFA? > " To be clear, Mailbox is not going away. The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. Plus, imagine what cool things you could do if your Mailbox was connected to your Dropbox…"
- tomschlick 14y ago
  I did read the article. However we have heard things like that before so I'm a bit wary that 6 months down the line DB isn't going to reconsider and kill the mailbox platform.
- teej 14y ago
  To be frank, it's really hard to believe that. They're being acquired, it isn't up to them anymore what happens to Mailbox. They signed the keys away to Drew Houston and the management team at Dropbox. Mailbox dies the moment Drew decides to kill it.
  - dhouston 14y ago
    it's not going anywhere :) (actually, come work on it: https://www.dropbox.com/jobs https://www.dropbox.com/jobs :))
    - ocirion 14y ago
      What happens when Dropbox is acquired?
      - jamiequint 14y ago
        Dropbox is not getting acquired at this point ($5B+ val), they will go public.
    - usmanity 14y ago
      man, I wish you guys were looking for a front-end developer! :D
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bonzoesc 14y ago
Sparrow did try some Dropbox integration (and it worked pretty reasonably), so I suspect Dropbox wants to really nail that this time around.
tlrobinson 14y ago
I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find this as the top comment on Hacker News. /s
swalsh 14y ago
I never even got to try it! I've been waiting in line for a week.
heliodor 14y ago
I haven't tried the app (no iPhone). Can someone explain to me why the Mailbox app is so great? From the intro video, I see a typical email app with a couple of extra gestures thrown in. Like Sparrow, it seems it's more marketing and hype than a radical upgrade to the email experience.

smalter 14y ago

No, they were pretty up front that Sparrow was a talent acquisition. They said that the product would continue to exist but they weren't going to update it and they were going to work on new projects at Google.

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lttlrck 14y ago
Talent acquired and squandered. Google has no decent mail app on iOS.
- myko 14y ago
  Pretty subjective. I find Gmail the most pleasant mail app to use on my iPad.
  - encoderer 14y ago
    Agreed. I dumped the native mail client.
  - larrywright 14y ago
    I like it, but its treatment of multiple mail accounts is crappy compared to sparrow (no unified inbox).
  - resu_nimda 14y ago
    The Gmail app is slick, but extremely slow for me (on iPhone 5), as in "it's really annoying every time I use this app but I've moved away from native Mail and inertia is a hell of a thing." Other people I've talked to have had similar experiences. I'm excited to try Mailbox.
    - meerita 14y ago
      No unified inbox, etc.
  - hnriot 14y ago
    you can't be serious, it's the beginnings of something good, but it has all kinds of problems, it fails to load email often (reporting "something has gone wrong.."), it routinely doesn't clear the red read indicator, it's laggy and sluggish. I am sure Google will make it kickass in the fullness of time, but for now, that's not what gmail/iOS is.
    - bmle 14y ago
      Unread indicator is always wrong, especially when you use multiple devices. Seems very I characteristic of google. It's been that way since they released the app.
- kmfrk 14y ago
  Sparrow mentions should come with a trigger warning. Money straight out the window. Ungh.
  - notatoad 14y ago
    I'm still using Sparrow on my mac. It works great.
  - yesimahuman 14y ago
    What was it, like $10? It still works to this day. Not a bad deal in my book even if they never update it again. It generally "just works."
- lotso 14y ago
  The latest Gmail app is pretty nice.

jamiequint 14y ago

Did you not RTFA? > " To be clear, Mailbox is not going away. The product needs to grow fast, and we believe that joining Dropbox is the best way to make that happen. Plus, imagine what cool things you could do if your Mailbox was connected to your Dropbox…"

tomschlick 14y ago
I did read the article. However we have heard things like that before so I'm a bit wary that 6 months down the line DB isn't going to reconsider and kill the mailbox platform.
teej 14y ago
To be frank, it's really hard to believe that. They're being acquired, it isn't up to them anymore what happens to Mailbox. They signed the keys away to Drew Houston and the management team at Dropbox. Mailbox dies the moment Drew decides to kill it.
- dhouston 14y ago
  it's not going anywhere :) (actually, come work on it: https://www.dropbox.com/jobs https://www.dropbox.com/jobs :))
  - ocirion 14y ago
    What happens when Dropbox is acquired?
    - jamiequint 14y ago
      Dropbox is not getting acquired at this point ($5B+ val), they will go public.
  - usmanity 14y ago
    man, I wish you guys were looking for a front-end developer! :D
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bonzoesc 14y ago

Sparrow did try some Dropbox integration (and it worked pretty reasonably), so I suspect Dropbox wants to really nail that this time around.

tlrobinson 14y ago

I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find this as the top comment on Hacker News. /s

swalsh 14y ago

I never even got to try it! I've been waiting in line for a week.

heliodor 14y ago

I haven't tried the app (no iPhone). Can someone explain to me why the Mailbox app is so great? From the intro video, I see a typical email app with a couple of extra gestures thrown in. Like Sparrow, it seems it's more marketing and hype than a radical upgrade to the email experience.